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By Cliff Rold - Everyone and everything grows old but God. Even those that once appeared near God-like in their realm can’t escape the inevitability of it all. The American myth of Superman turns 70 in 2008 and, in ring terms, former multi-division titlists Roy Jones and Felix Trinidad might well be older than that number. Their combined age surpasses it and, unlike creatures of fiction, their age limits the potential for reinvention.
When they step into the ring on Saturday night, in front of those who paid the exorbitant full ticket prices to be there, those who paid the recently slashed ticket prices, and everyone else, Jones (51-4, 38 KO) will be 39 and Trinidad (42-2, 35 KO) will be 35. Each won their first major title almost 15 years ago, in 1993, and they are far removed from those days. The story that will be spun in the moments and days after the final bell tolls for this showdown is a story of redemption, of one man or the other having stamped his foot in defiance of time. [details]
When they step into the ring on Saturday night, in front of those who paid the exorbitant full ticket prices to be there, those who paid the recently slashed ticket prices, and everyone else, Jones (51-4, 38 KO) will be 39 and Trinidad (42-2, 35 KO) will be 35. Each won their first major title almost 15 years ago, in 1993, and they are far removed from those days. The story that will be spun in the moments and days after the final bell tolls for this showdown is a story of redemption, of one man or the other having stamped his foot in defiance of time. [details]
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